false memories

  • A New False Memory Study Suggests People Can’t Tell What’s Real

    A New False Memory Study Suggests People Can’t Tell What’s Real

    Ed Cara

    A new study is the latest to show how indistinguishable false memories are from real ones. People who watched someone else recount a supposed recollection were unable to tell whether the memory was false with any better accuracy than chance, the study found. Moreover, in many cases the people describing their own memories had been fooled…